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Who: Danny and Anyone
What: Danny realizes that yes, he did just give up on having a secret identity here.
When: Catfish Day 12, Shortly after the bonus mission returns
Where: Luggage Car

While on the mission, Danny had given up the pretense of being a normal human and transformed in front of everyone. At the time he was convinced that there was no other choice. And there had been so many things to do, so many things to worry about, that he hadn't had time to think through the consequences of what he'd done.

He had time to think about it now.

Which was why he'd fled to the first place he could think of to be alone as he rapidly descended into a state of panic over what he had done.

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That... was just a little creepy.

"Fascinating isn't really the word I'd pick," he says sourly. "But I guess I'll take the rest as a compliment. Normal and boring was kind of what I was going for."

Joscelin understands the feeling. He would give anything to be normal and boring. To be human, and able to grow up and grow old and eventually die of old age. Being frozen in time for so many centuries has made him bitter.

“It would be nice, wouldn’t it? To be normal. I can’t say I remember what that’s like—I wasn’t human for very long. But you aren’t normal anymore, and that ship has certainly long since sailed for me. So what are you going to do about it? Will you still cling to what you’ve lost or are you going to face up to whatever it was that happened to you and move forward?”

"Oh, trust me. I already dealt with that. I mean. It still sucks sometimes. But I've been like this for almost two years now. And flying is nice." He shrugs. "It's just... I've always kept it a secret before. Mostly because I know I'm cool with being half ghost now... but I don't think everyone else in my world is. I've got enough hunters after me just for being a ghost."

"Well, that's stupid," Joscelin responds, bluntly. "Just kill the hunters and then there won't be a problem, will there?"

That's how he's survived for so long, after all.

Danny chokes at that response, and then sputters.

"What? I can't do that! Besides, three of them are my parents and my ex-girlfriend!

Joss gives him a strange look.

"I of all people understand the importance of keeping certain things secret--I've been ten years old for nearly seven hundred years, for Christ's sake--but at the same time...mightn't it just be easier to tell them? Do you think your parents would go after their child like that?"

Danny blinks."Whoa, I don't think even Youngblood has been a kid that long."

He shakes his head."There's a lot of other reasons. Like, I really don't want to be the one to tell them that they've been shooting at me for the last two years."

Or that it was one of their inventions that had half-killed him in the first place. Let alone the whole mess with Vlad.

"I'd like to think they'd accept me. And they did accept me before, even if it was in an alternate timeline or before they forgot, but I don't know for sure." His expression sours. "And there's always the chance that they'd decided that what I am is something that needs to be cured."

“Who’s Youngblood? Anyway, being stuck in the body of a scrawny prepubescent child for centuries and centuries gets old rather quickly.” He waves off the the thought.

Especially because what Danny said next was just confusing.

“...right. You’ve got problems, mate. But you never know until you say something, right? You’re their child. I...I’m rather the poster boy for dysfunctional relationships with ones’ parents—my sire kept me a puppet for almost three hundred years—so I might not be the best person to say this, but they love you, don’t they? Shouldn’t they love every aspect of you?”

Edited (Lol pressed send too soon) 2019-12-04 02:27 (UTC)

Danny waves it off. "A ghost back home I've run into a few times. A total brat. He's a kid, and he can't be seen by adults. Or people who think they're adults. Last time I saw him I think he was still pretending to be a pirate."

Danny hesitates, not really sure how to explain the complicated mess that was his relationship with the truth and his parents. And that wasn't even factoring in the mess with Vlad.

"Its complicated," he says at last. "I do want to tell them. Some day. Like maybe after they're no longer accusing my ghost side of being the evil mastermind behind every ghost attack."

Joscelin shakes his head disbelievingly. "You really have problems, mate," he repeats. He stretches out on the duffel bag, gets comfy. "I got adopted, you know," he says, changing the topic a little to make his point. "Back in the last world. I was adopted by a woman who knew what I am, and how old I am, but decided to care for me anyway.

"Having a mother again was...strange. I wanted to do everything to prove I was worthy of my foster mother. That meant keeping secrets from her because I thought that if she knew everything she wouldn't want me anymore. It didn't last long. She already knew, and she accepted me regardless.

"I'm not one to give advice on the matter because I have so little experience when it comes to healthy relationships with parents, but I can say that the longer a secret is kept, the longer you delay the big reveal, the harder it will be to tell the truth about...anything."

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